Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun traveled to the Blazing Flame Sector with several True Immortals and waited for the Golden Crow Sect to confirm his identity. Chess Dao representatives then sought his Domain Curse removal plan, but he directed them to Wunan True Immortal, prompting Wunan to ask Wanqing what had happened.

• Yi Tian contacted the Chess Dao under Xuanhuang Sect supervision, while Rongyang contacted the Spirit Wood Dao and the Secret Realm Families True Immortal chose not to contact his clan.
• Dawn True Immortal and Hua Sheng True Immortal joined Feng Jun and Yi Jue as they traveled to the Blazing Flame Sector, where Golden Crow disciples stopped them over Feng Jun's unauthorized entry.
• Wanqing vouched for Feng Jun, but Feng Jun chose to wait in the Blazing Flame VIP area rather than go to Golden Crow Headquarters.
• Zhi Shui True Immortal and Wen Jie True Immortal visited Feng Jun and asked to obtain his Domain Curse removal plan.
• Feng Jun told Zhi Shui that he had already given the plan to Wunan, so Zhi Shui formally requested a meeting with Wunan.
• While buying the final formation materials in disguise, Wunan received an urgent message and contacted Wanqing to ask what had happened.

Wanqing and Qing Huang handled disputes over Wunan’s planned curse removal as the Chess Dao tried to obtain the Soul-Binding Art framework and threatened to intervene in Qingping. After the Golden Crow elders debated whether to protect Wunan or allow a sale, Qing Huang confronted Zhi Shui on sect territory.

• Wanqing told Zhi Shui and Wen Jie that Wunan’s curse had not yet been removed and that Feng Jun could object to any sale, but a Golden Crow elder halted the proposed transaction over the Soul-Binding Art.
• Elder Qingji declined to represent the sect in the ritual, so Qing Huang volunteered to help Wunan remove the Domain Curse.
• Zhi Shui threatened to observe the curse removal in Qingping if Wunan refused to share the plan, prompting Wunan to appeal to Qing Huang.
• Qing Huang examined Feng Jun’s plan and heard from Wunan that Yi Jue knew its altered form, which Wunan called the Spirit-Inviting Art.
• The Golden Crow elders debated whether Wunan should sell the incomplete framework to the Chess Dao, and Qing Huang contacted Zhi Shui to challenge his threat.

Elder Qing Huang negotiated a trade with True Immortal Zhi Shui, exchanging access to the Soul-Binding Art solution for Chess Dao divination services and secret arts. After the Golden Crow Sect promised to protect Feng Jun’s remaining knowledge, Feng Jun declined to visit the Qingping Realm, leaving True Immortal Yi Jue torn between witnessing the Domain Curse’s removal and returning with him to Big Rock.

• True Immortal Zhi Shui and Elder Qing Huang agreed that Chess Dao would provide two incomplete secret arts, two Divinations of Yi Tian, and three Divinations of Yi Di for the Golden Crow Sect’s Soul-Binding Art solution.
• True Immortal Qing Huang offered Wunan fifty Upper Spirit Stones, a share of future exchanges, and protection over the solution’s circulation in the sect’s Canon Archive.
• Wunan and True Immortal Qing Huang informed Feng Jun that the solution had been shared with Chess Dao, and Feng Jun asked the Golden Crow Sect to shield his undisclosed core information from further pursuit.
• True Immortal Zhi Shui accepted that Feng Jun’s missing core information could not be obtained through trade, and he abandoned any thought of using Soul Search on him after sensing the Golden Crow Sect’s resolve to protect him.
• Feng Jun refused to go to the Qingping Realm to witness the Domain Curse’s removal, and True Immortal Yi Jue struggled to choose between staying to see it and returning with him to Big Rock.

True Immortal Yi Jue chose to accompany Feng Jun as he left Heavenly Zither, where Xuanhuang Sect planned experiments to accelerate a Small World's integration. Back at Luohua Manor, Feng Jun resumed overseeing wider developments while Luohua's people advanced rapidly and the Allure Sect faced continued probing overseas.

• Elder Hexu asked Feng Jun to divine fewer points for the coming spatial fluctuation and more for the one after, revealing plans for an experiment to accelerate a Small World's integration.
• Feng Jun identified five imminent fluctuation points and three for the next round, warned that major actions could invalidate the later predictions, and departed with Yi Jue before the results were verified.
• Feng Jun returned to Liba Beach, where supplies were depleted, then brought everyone back to Luohua Manor and arranged a major restocking effort.
• Luohua's enormous purchases continued for nearly half a year, while Zhang Caixin and Yu Qingzhu made major cultivation breakthroughs and Yang Yuxin reached the Ninth Layer of Mortal Transcendence.
• Feng Jun focused on expanding Daoist Orders and academies, while Zhang Dongyuan grew frustrated with continued probing of the Allure Sect's Branch Academy in Lu'er Nation.

Zhang Dongyuan asked Feng Jun to deal with people harassing the Allure Sect Branch Academy in Lu'er Nation, and Feng Jun began killing those named on Zhang’s list. After ten people died in three days, two deaths in one small town raised the first questions.

• Zhang Dongyuan described the harassment and power cuts targeting the Branch Academy, then brought Feng Jun a list of more than two hundred suspected provocateurs.
• Feng Jun agreed to act and asked Lin Beauty to check the names; Lin Beauty’s group found several people connected to Xia Nation and requested that Feng Jun spare two of them.
• Feng Jun decided not to spare the suspected double agent or the other person, and began killing people on the list.
• Five people died unnatural deaths on the first night, followed by five more the next day without attracting notice.
• On the third day, two people from the same small town died after jumping from buildings, and one insisted before dying that he had not wanted to die.

Feng Jun’s punishments drove people to seek atonement at the Daoist Temple, while he intervened in a political purge targeting his father’s mountain-land contract. After Luo Hua’s team impressed other sects in the Cinnabar Cloud Heaven Secret Realm, Daoist Order branches began considering overseas expansion to obtain Spirit-Gathering Formations.

• Feng Jun’s punishments continued across several nations, prompting crowds to burn Atonement Incense at the Daoist Temple and improving conditions for Allure Sect.
• A purge connected to Chao Ying reached Feng Wenhui’s mountain-land contract, and he refused to admit wrongdoing despite mounting pressure.
• Feng Jun cut off iron ore and oil supplies, while Dou Jiahui’s Lighting Factory was shut down for rectification, forcing the suppressors to abandon their campaign against the Feng Family.
• Chao Gang escaped the purge unscathed, while Chao Ying was punished severely.
• Yu Qingzhu, Gu Jiahui, and Gao Qiang led Luo Hua’s team through the Cinnabar Cloud Heaven Secret Realm, where their combat strength impressed other sects.
• Daoist Order branches considered going overseas to obtain Spirit-Gathering Formations for their disciples.

Feng Jun managed the Daoist Order’s overseas expansion and helped Yu Qingzhu advance into Mid Qi Refining. He then traveled with Yi Jue, Qu Jianlei, and Ji Busheng to the Blazing Flame Sector, where Wanqing reported that Wunan’s situation was not promising.

• Feng Jun learned that more than twenty Daoist branches had begun expanding overseas and warned them not to neglect their domestic foundations or expect many Spirit-Gathering Formations abroad.
• Azure Firmament Master asked Feng Jun for a Spirit-Gathering Formation for Fuluo’s main lineage, and Feng Jun said he could consider lending one based on Fuluo’s efforts.
• Yu Qingzhu broke through to Mid Qi Refining after four days of seclusion and spent eight more days stabilizing her realm.
• A Supreme Clarity Sect Merit Honoree began attempting Core Embrace at Liba Beach, while Feng Jun judged the attempt forced and went to ask Yi Jue to watch the manor.
• Feng Jun, Yi Jue, Qu Jianlei, and Ji Busheng traveled to a sector near Blazing Flame, where Wanqing arrived and brought them into the sector.
• Wanqing told Feng Jun and the others that Wunan’s situation was not promising.

Wanqing the True Immortal recounted how Wunan negotiated with Qingping Realm’s consciousness over his Domain Curse, but won only limited relief. Feng Jun and the others concluded that the curse would still hinder Wunan’s advancement, and Ji Busheng asked why he could not confine it to a single strand of hair.

• Wunan and his companions divined that entering Qingping Realm would endanger him, so they set up an array outside its iris while Elder Qing Huang displayed the Golden Crow Blood-Weeping Stone.
• Qingping Realm’s consciousness appeared as a phantom lotus and questioned Wunan about the array; Wunan invoked the Golden Crow’s prestige to press for a discussion.
• Wunan promised not to attack within Qingping Domain, but its consciousness refused to remove the Domain Curse and offered only to let him perceive it and confine it to a particular location on his body.
• Wanqing the True Immortal explained that the curse would make Wunan’s advances difficult and prevent him from reaching Soul Emergence.
• Ji Busheng asked Feng Jun why Wunan could not gather the curse onto one strand of hair.

Feng Jun explained why True Immortal Wunan could not permanently escape the Domain Causal Curse by severing a limb, while Wunan recovered from his despair and prepared to advance. As Feng Jun agreed to divine for him again, True Immortal Yi Jue called out True Immortal Qing Huang, who had been secretly watching.

• Ji Busheng asked whether Wunan could cut off the body part bearing the curse, and Feng Jun and True Immortal Yi Jue explained that the Domain Causal Curse would return if Wunan regrew it.
• The group reached the Golden Crow Sect's central area, where True Immortal Jiu Wei said Wunan had drunk himself unconscious after the failed curse removal.
• Wunan appeared in better spirits, said he planned to enter seclusion and advance, and asked Feng Jun which body part he should sever.
• Wunan asked Feng Jun to divine again, hoping the changed curse might offer a way to remove it.
• True Immortal Yi Jue looked toward the sky and challenged True Immortal Qing Huang to stop secretly watching.

Feng Jun considered helping Wunan remove the Causal Curse, and Yi Jue’s Divination suggested the attempt would be dangerous but not hopeless. Feng Jun prepared to calculate their cooperation with a Soul-Substitution Puppet, while Qing Huang offered the Heaven-Covering Formation for the Divination the day after tomorrow.

• Qing Huang joined Wunan, Yi Jue, and Jiu Wei, and Wunan criticized the Chess Dao diviners for seeking curse-related data without offering a reliable solution.
• Yi Jue and Jiu Wei suggested removing a toe or a section of intestine, but Qing Huang warned that evading the Causal Curse could redirect its backlash onto them.
• Feng Jun asked Yi Jue to calculate whether he could become Wunan’s benefactor, and her difficult Divination revealed extreme danger but left some hope.
• Feng Jun took out his last Soul-Substitution Puppet to calculate his cooperation with Wunan, and Qing Huang ordered Wufan to obtain more puppets.
• Qing Huang offered to let Feng Jun and Wunan conduct their Divination inside the Heaven-Covering Formation the day after tomorrow, and Yi Jue agreed to inspect it.

Feng Jun stayed in Blazing Flame while Elder Qing Huang arranged a Heaven-Covering Formation for Divination and tried to secure Soul-Substitution Puppets for him. Qing Huang’s favored grand-disciple brought Nascent Soul puppets instead of Golden Core ones, and Wanqing arrived with two Golden Core puppets as Yi Jue prepared to begin Divination.

• Feng Jun and his companions shopped in Blazing Flame while Wanqing and the other True Immortals treated them generously and gave Feng Jun a purple VIP card.
• Wanqing asked Qingji to help find Soul-Substitution Puppets, and the next day Feng Jun’s group explored without Wanqing accompanying them.
• Elder Qing Huang activated the Heaven-Covering Formation in a valley and brought Feng Jun’s group there for Divination.
• Wufan presented two Nascent Soul Soul-Substitution Puppets, explaining that Qing Huang had not told him Feng Jun was only at the Golden Core stage.
• Feng Jun refused to accept the puppets as a gift and agreed to buy them, but Qing Huang tried to tie their price to the fee for removing Wunan’s curse.
• Yi Jue prepared to begin Divination as Wanqing arrived with two used Golden Core Soul-Substitution Puppets.

True Immortal Wanqing offered Feng Jun two Soul-Substitution Puppets and a Primal Fire Embryo in exchange for divinations, while Feng Jun examined the curse in Blazing Flame. The divination revealed that Qingping Realm’s consciousness would still affect them, so Elder Qing Huang proposed using the Golden Crow Sect’s Heaven-Covering Formation, but Feng Jun and True Immortal Yi Jue chose to go to Kun Hao first.

• True Immortal Wanqing explained why Golden Core Soul-Substitution Puppets were rare and described how True Immortal Qingji had obtained two of them.
• True Immortal Wanqing offered Feng Jun the puppets and a Primal Fire Embryo, and Feng Jun agreed to trade five divinations concerning Nascent Soul advancement for the puppets.
• Feng Jun postponed accepting the Primal Fire Embryo until after the two cultivators embraced their cores and the group traveled to Kun Hao.
• After a lengthy divination, Feng Jun concluded that driving out Blazing Flame’s curse would still leave them affected by Qingping Realm’s consciousness, which appeared to be taking a hands-off attitude.
• Elder Qing Huang proposed taking Feng Jun to the Golden Crow Sect’s Heaven-Covering Formation, but Feng Jun and True Immortal Yi Jue declined and chose to visit Kun Hao first.

Feng Jun consulted the Big Shot about removing Wunan’s Domain Curse and received reassurance that the plan would not bring karmic backlash. After divining for Wunan, he agreed to attempt the removal but allowed the Golden Crow Sect True Immortals to observe only under strict conditions, with the procedure delayed for two days.

• Qing Huang True Immortal offered two Nascent Soul Soul-Substitution Puppets as payment and treatment fees, while Feng Jun and Yi Jue True Immortal declined his invitation to the Golden Crow Sect headquarters.
• Feng Jun’s divination and Sumiao’s seedlings corrected a Supreme Clarity Sect Merit Honoree’s deviation during Core Formation, astonishing the Golden Crow Sect True Immortals.
• During a storm, Feng Jun told the Big Shot about Wunan’s curse and discussed his plan; the Big Shot approved it and assured him there would be no karmic backlash.
• Feng Jun divined for Wunan and said the curse removal could be attempted, but no one could observe without agreeing to strict conditions.
• Yi Jue True Immortal, Jiu Wei True Immortal, and Wanqing True Immortal each asked to observe and accepted Feng Jun’s restrictions; Feng Jun postponed the attempt for two days while a cultivator at Liba Beach completed Core Formation.

Mei Yeyu successfully formed his Golden Core and endured Tribulation Lightning, followed by a Golden Crow Upper Sect disciple beginning Core Formation. Feng Jun took Wunan True Immortal aside to remove his curse, and the chapter ended after Wunan severed his cursed little finger and sealed it away.

• Mei Yeyu formed his Golden Core in three days, endured Tribulation Lightning, and sat down to heal and stabilize his cultivation.
• A Golden Crow Upper Sect disciple began Core Formation, prompting Feng Jun to ask Wunan True Immortal whether they should wait and help him afterward.
• Feng Jun, Wunan True Immortal, Wanqing True Immortal, Yi Jue True Immortal, and Jiu Wei True Immortal moved to a secluded beach while the others stayed behind.
• Feng Jun confirmed through divination that there were no problems, and Wunan True Immortal explained that he had confined the curse to his left little finger.
• Wunan True Immortal cut off his left little finger and sealed it in a box, then asked Feng Jun whether that was enough to remove the curse.

Feng Jun removed the curse from True Immortal Wunan’s severed finger, spending nearly four thousand Spirit Stones’ worth of energy before returning to Kun Hao with the finger. As he resumed treatment, a distant lotus-being noticed that someone was stealing its origin.

• Feng Jun used a convincing but incomplete sequence of hand seals to hide his real method from Yi Jue and the others, then spent a huge amount of energy removing the curse from Wunan’s finger.
• Feng Jun confirmed the curse was gone and replenished his energy on Blue Star, while worrying about the time limit for reattaching the finger and the danger of returning to Kun Hao underprepared.
• Zhong Lijing found Feng Jun in the rain and worried that everyone at the Bamboo Forest had disappeared; Feng Jun told her he had assigned them a task and sent her back to the villa.
• Feng Jun returned to the Golden Core Traveling Residence with the box still beneath his hand, while a lotus in the distant Qingping Realm asked who was stealing its origin.

The Qingping Realm Domain Consciousness discovered that Feng Jun had violently erased its curse on Wunan, costing it more origin than expected, and went to the Golden Crow Sect to investigate. After Supreme Elder You Xuan nearly detained its wisp of consciousness, the Sky-Qin Plane escorted it away and warned it not to target Golden Crow again.

• Feng Jun used Planar Force to erase the Domain Curse on Wunan, unexpectedly destroying some of Qingping Realm's origin.
• The Qingping Consciousness traced Wunan to another lower realm and asked the Sky-Qin Plane where he had gone, but Sky-Qin refused to reveal it.
• The Qingping Consciousness probed the Golden Crow Sect's Heaven-Covering Formation, prompting Supreme Elder You Xuan to confront it.
• The Sky-Qin Plane protected the Qingping Consciousness from You Xuan, who still struck it as a slight punishment and entangled Golden Crow's karma with it.
• The Sky-Qin Plane warned the Qingping Consciousness never to target Golden Crow again and advised it to assume a Spirit Projection expert had broken its curse.

Feng Jun removed the Domain Curse from True Immortal Wunan and arranged to take him to Blue Star Realm inside a Spirit Beast Bag. The chapter ended with Mei Jin checking whether bringing a Nascent Soul True Immortal there could endanger the realm, and Feng Jun assuring her that his Divination showed it would be safe.

• Feng Jun divined that the curse had been removed, and True Immortal Wunan reattached his severed finger and began healing it.
• True Immortal Yi Jue and the others confirmed that the curse was gone, while Feng Jun asked True Immortal Wanqing to help carry Wunan across several spaces.
• Wunan agreed to travel in the Spirit Beast Bag the next morning and revealed that he had sensed Feng Jun use the power of time as well as space to remove the curse.
• Feng Jun told Good Scenery to prepare for an assignment, then Wanqing placed Wunan in the Spirit Beast Bag and handed it to Feng Jun.
• At Qiuchen Market, Mei Jin cautioned Feng Jun that bringing Wunan to Blue Star Realm might harm it, and Feng Jun said his Divination showed no danger while Wunan stayed inside the bag.

True Immortal Wanqing secretly marked the Spirit Beast Bag carrying Wunan, but Feng Jun erased the locator after taking Good Scenery to the Blue Star Realm. As Feng Jun waited to cleanse Wunan’s aura, a strange karmic trace troubled him, and a spatial ripple appeared above Alxa League.

• True Immortal Wanqing secretly placed a locator mark on Wunan’s Spirit Beast Bag, but True Immortal Yi Jue told him that Feng Jun could erase it and did not need his protection.
• Feng Jun brought Good Scenery from Qiuchen Market to the Blue Star Realm and confirmed that he had erased the locator mark.
• Feng Jun sensed unseen karmic threads on the Spirit Beast Bag, set aside the mystery, and decided to wait several hours before returning Wunan.
• Feng Jun invited Zhong Lijing to join him and Teacher Mei for drinks in the rain, while hiding his concern about possible surveillance.
• A thought emerged through space above Alxa League and identified the phenomenon as a Spiritual Qi Revival rather than another Nascent Soul.

Feng Jun returned True Immortal Wunan to the Golden Crow Sect after exposing him briefly to Blue Star’s aura, and Wunan learned that the Qingping consciousness had been driven off by Supreme Elder You Xuan. Back at Liba Beach, Dantai Yuhu visited Feng Jun and charmed his companions with a tour and small gifts while expressing the Dantai Family’s interest in mortal goods.

• Feng Jun kept Wunan in the Spirit Beast Bag long enough for Blue Star’s aura to affect him, then moved through several places before returning him to True Immortal Wanqing near Lantern Town.
• Wunan told Feng Jun and Yi Jue that Supreme Elder You Xuan had summoned him because the Qingping consciousness had reached the Golden Crow Sect and been driven away.
• Feng Jun sent Wunan to the Blazing Flame Sector, and Wanqing gave Feng Jun the Primal Fire Embryo after a Golden Crow Sect disciple successfully formed a core.
• Dantai Yuhu visited Feng Jun, spoke with him for half an hour, and asked to tour the manor, so Feng Jun assigned Mi Yunshan to guide her while Qu Jianlei followed.
• Dantai Yuhu met Feng Jun’s companions, gave them small gifts, and invited them to visit Dantai lands while offering to buy interesting mortal items.

Feng Jun kept his distance from Dantai Yuhu after True Immortal Yi Jue warned that a powerful presence, perhaps a Domain Consciousness, watched over her. He later let a Cai Clan disciple achieve Core Embrace at his estate, and the Cai Clan began courting Luo Hua’s disciples with longevity treasures, leaving Feng Jun to decide not to interfere as long as they informed him.

• Feng Jun and True Immortal Yi Jue discussed Dantai Yuhu’s unusual aura, and Feng Jun agreed to avoid seeking her out.
• True Immortal Wanqing returned to Liba Beach as a Cai Clan disciple prepared to achieve Core Embrace at Feng Jun’s estate.
• Dantai Yuhu asked whether the Dantai Family could also borrow Feng Jun’s land, but Feng Jun refused and explained why the Cai Clan had received permission.
• The Cai Clan gave Yu Qingzhu an Evergreen Fruit and a Longevity Pill on credit, and she informed Feng Jun about the deal.
• Feng Jun told his disciples they could accept benefits from the Cai Clan if they informed him and did not disgrace Luo Hua.
• Over the following weeks, Luo Hua’s other disciples also received Evergreen Fruits and Longevity Pills from the Cai Clan.